ALC Review Enlisted Promotions and Reductions Advance Sheet

HUMAN RESOURCES ADVANCED LEADERS COURSE 42A

Review Enlisted Promotions and Reductions

STUDENT ADVANCE SHEET

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July 2016 U.S. ARMY SOLDIER SUPPORT INSTITUTE Noncommissioned Officer Academy Human Resources Advanced Leaders Course Review Enlisted Promotions and Reductions

ADVANCE SHEET

Lesson Author: AG Branch, ITD Date prepared: January 2013 Last update: July 2016

1. SCOPE: Review Enlisted Promotions and Reductions is a 7-hour lesson. The purpose of this lesson is to examine the rules and procedures for Decentralized and Semi-Centralized promotions.

This lesson builds on previous studies of:

Coordinating Personnel Support.

Students will reach the following lesson outcomes through assigned readings, actively participating in class, and completing the practical exercise:

 Identify Decentralized eligibility criteria for promotion  Calculate promotion waivers  Identify procedures for reduction in grade  Identify Semi-Centralized eligibility criteria for promotion  Review Semi-Centralized promotion documents

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

This lesson supports TLO2, Deliver Essential Personnel Services. In addition this lesson supports or reinforces the following ELOs:

 Review Update the Officer and Enlisted Records Brief  Review Awards and Decorations  Process Personnel Information Management

2 ELO 2.6: Action: Review Enlisted Promotions and Reductions Condition: Mid-grade HR Leaders in a classroom environment working individually and as a member of a small group, using doctrinal and administrative publications, practical exercises, case studies, personal experience, handouts, discussion and an awareness of the Operational Environment (OE) variables and actors. Standard: Application includes: 1. Identifying the basic concepts of enlisted promotions to PV2 through SPC. 2. Determining waiver allocations. 3. Reviewing the advancement eligibility for Soldiers under the decentralized and semi-centralized enlisted promotions. Learning Domain: Cognitive Level of Learning: Application

3. STUDENT PREREQUISITE WORK:

a. Study Requirements:

Study: AR 600-8-19, Para. 2-3, 2-5 and 3-1 (4 pages)

Read: 1) AR 600-8-19, Para. 10-1 (1 page) 2) eMILPO Field User's Guide, pg. 118-126 (9 pages) 3) Milper Message 15-264 STEP 4) DMPM Memo NCO Promotions under STEP 5) Army Directive 2015-31 Requirements for NCO Promotions

Scan: 1) AR 600-8-19, Table 2-1 and 3-3

Additional Reading:

Army Directive 2014-03 (Retention Control Points)

Review: None

b. Bring to class: NA

c. Be prepared to answer or discuss the following:

3 1) Eligibility criteria for promotions to PV2 through SPC 2) Promotion waivers 3) Rules for reduction in grade 4) Semi- Centralized promotion requirements

4. ASSESSMENT PLAN. TLO 2.0 – Deliver Essential Personnel Services Module Assessment Plan

Module Assessment

Contribution to Written Oral Module TOTAL Group Work Communication Communication Post-Assessment

20% 20% 10% 50% 100%

ELO 2.1 Examine the Role of the S-1

ELO 2.2 Review Correspondence

ELO 2.3 Prepare Personnel Office Computations

ELO 2.4 Interpret Military Pay and Allowances

ELO 2.5 Update the Officer and Enlisted Record Brief

ELO 2.6 Review Enlisted Promotions and Reductions Processing

ELO 2.7 Review a Completed Evaluation Report

ELO 2.8 Review Awards and Decorations

ELO 2.9 Review Separation Documents

ELO 2.10 Process Leaves and Passes

Contribution to Group Work. See ALC Contribution to Group Work Rubric for specific grading criteria.

Written Communication. During this module you are required to prepare a Memorandum for Record IAW AR 25-50, Preparing and Managing Correspondence, and the Army Writing Style based on a given scenario. See ALC Written Communication Rubric for specific grading criteria.

4 Oral Communication. See ALC Oral Communication Rubric for specific grading criteria.

Module Post-Assessment. A comprehensive post-assessment consisting of multiple- choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank and ordering questions will be administered via Blackboard Academic Suite upon completion of the module.